Bulgaria at the Paralympics
# Bulgaria at the Paralympics

Bulgaria made its Paralympic Games début at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, sending three competitors in track and field, and a men's goalball team. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics. It made its Winter Paralympics début in 1994, and has taken part in every edition of the Winter Games since then.

Bulgarian athletes have won a total of five gold medals, nine silver and three bronze. All these medals have been won at the Summer Games, and all but one in track and field; the exception is Polina Dzhurova's silver medal in swimming in 1996, in the women's 100m backstroke (S6 category).

1988 was Bulgaria's most successful year. Gueorgui Sakelarov became the country's first Paralympic champion when he took gold in both the discus and the shot put (B2 category). Compatriot Donko Angelov won Bulgaria's third medal of the Games, a silver, in the triple jump (B3). Ivan Hristov narrowly missed out on a medal when he finished fourth in the high jump (B1).

Sakelarov has won three of Bulgaria's five Paralympic gold medals. He successfully defended his title in the shot put in 1992, though he won "only" silver in the discus that year. Bulgaria's fifth and most recent gold medal was won by Ruzhdi Ruzhdi in the men's shot put (F54-55) in 2016.

## Medal tallies

### Summer Paralympics

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Ranking |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1988 Summer Paralympics | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 32nd |
| 1992 Summer Paralympics | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 38th |
| 1996 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 55th |
| 2000 Summer Paralympics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49th |
| 2004 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2008 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 60th |
| 2012 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 59th |
| 2016 Summer Paralympics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60th |
| 2020 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 69th |
| 2024 Summer Paralympics | | | | | |

### Winter Paralympics

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Ranking |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1994 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1998 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2002 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2006 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2010 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2014 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2018 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |

## Medallists

### Summer Games

| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Gueorgui Sakelarov | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's discus throw B2 |
| Gold | Gueorgui Sakelarov | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's shot put B2 |
| Silver | Donko Angelov | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's triple jump B3 |
| Gold | Gueorgui Sakelarov | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's shot put B2 |
| Silver | Donko Angelov | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's triple jump B3 |
| Silver | Gueorgui Sakelarov | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's discus throw B2 |
| Silver | Polina Dzhurova | 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke S6 |
| Bronze | Gueorgui Sakelarov | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's discus F11 |
| Gold | Ivanka Koleva | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Women's shot put F57 |
| Silver | Stela Eneva | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Women's discus throw F57/58 |
| Bronze | Daniela Todorova | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Women's javelin throw F54-56 |
| Silver | Stela Eneva | 2012 London | Athletics | Women's discus throw F57-58 |
| Silver | Stela Eneva | 2012 London | Athletics | Women's shot put F57-58 |
| Bronze | Radoslav Zlatanov | 2012 London | Athletics | Men's long jump F13 |
| Gold | Ruzhdi Ruzhdi | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Men's shot put F54-55 |
| Silver | Ruzhdi Ruzhdi | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Men's shot put F55 |
| Silver | Hristiyan Stoyanov | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres T46 |
